With tension and warnings continuing to swirl around Iran and its nuclear program, President George W. Bush said again Wednesday that the United States continued to prefer diplomacy but that, as always, "all options are on the table." When asked about the threat by Iran to disrupt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz if it were attacked, Bush spoke emphatically: "I have always said that all options are on table, but the first option for the United States is to solve this problem diplomatically. That is why we've been pursuing multilateral diplomacy" in an effort to resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff. Bush also acknowledged that it had been a "tough month" in Afghanistan - more U.S. and coalition troops died there in June than in any month since their forces invaded in 2001, making it the second straight month that...
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